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Governing body for football in Palestine
Palestinian Football Association
AFC
Short name PFA Founded 1998; 26 years ago (1998 )
[1] Headquarters
Jerusalem
FIFA affiliation Provisional: 31 May 1995
[2] Full member: 1998
AFC affiliation 1995 (Provisional member), 1998
WAFF affiliation 2000 President
Jibril Rajoub Website
pfa .ps
The Palestinian Football Association (
Arabic : الاتحاد الفلسطيني لكرة القدم ) is the governing body for
football in
Palestine , and for the men's
Palestine national football team and the
Palestine women's national football team .
[3]
[4]
History
Palestinian Jewish formation
The Mandatory Palestine Football Federation was founded in 1928 by Jews living in the British Mandate of Palestine. Its national team,
Mandatory Palestine national football team, participated in qualifying rounds for the
1934 Football World Cup and
1938 FIFA World Cup . In 1948 it changed its name to
Israel Football Association .
[5]
[6]
Palestinian Arab formation
A Palestine Football Association representing the Palestinian Arabs was formed in 1962
[7] and has been a member of the
Union of Arab Football Associations since that was formed in 1974.
[8]
Palestinian Authority
It was accepted as a member by FIFA in 1998, after the creation of the
Palestinian Authority .
[9] The PFA has also been a member of the
Asian Football Confederation (AFC) since 1998, in the
West Asian Football Federation .
[7]
On 11 February 2011, the PFA formed the first women's league.
[10]
Divisions
The football division system is parted into two: the
West Bank and
Gaza Strip . There is a men's
West Bank Premier League and a men's
Gaza Strip Premier League
[11] as well as a West Bank Women's League .
[12]
Management
President: General
Jibril Rajoub
First Vice-president: Ibrahim Abu Saleem
Vice-president: Susan Shalabi, Ziab El Khatib
General Secretary: Omar Abu Hashia
See also
References
^ FIFA.com.
"Member Association – Palestine – FIFA.com" . www.fifa.com . Archived from
the original on August 6, 2019. Retrieved 2020-04-14 .
^
"Presidential Election Item 13 on FIFA Congress Agenda" . fifa.com . FIFA. 16 April 1998. Archived from
the original on December 7, 2014.
^
"Soccer is Under Fire in Palestine" . vice.com . Vice. 24 June 2014.
^
"Football in Palestine: Power, conflict, and hope" . 18 January 2021.
^ FIFA.com.
"Member Association - Israel" . www.fifa.com . Archived from
the original on August 6, 2019. Retrieved 2020-04-14 .
^
[1] - History of the FIFA World Cup Preliminary Competition (by year). See page #3, third remark (or page #5, fifth remark), regarding Mandatory Palestine being the forerunner of Israel. Retrieved on 14 April 2020
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"Palestinian footballers: National team without a state – DW – 11/16/2023" . dw.com . Retrieved 2024-01-02 .
^ admin (2021-10-08).
"Palestine Goes International: On Palestinian Achievements in Sports throughout the Decades" . Palestine Chronicle . Retrieved 2024-01-02 .
^
"Member Association - Palestine" . www.fifa.com . FIFA. Archived from
the original on January 15, 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2014 .
^
"Women's league kicks-off in Palestine" . www.the-afc.com . Asian Football Confederation. 11 February 2011.
^ Khaled, Ali (2015-07-27).
"Football in times of crisis: Palestine's game endures in the face of tragedy" . The National . Retrieved 2024-01-02 .
^ von der Lippe, Gerd (2020-07-02).
" 'We can!' – women's football in the Occupied West Bank" . European Journal for Sport and Society . 17 (3): 214–230.
doi :
10.1080/16138171.2020.1792073 .
ISSN
1613-8171 .
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"Member Association - Palestine" . www.fifa.com . Archived from
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"The AFC.com - The Asian Football Confederation" . The AFC . Retrieved 2020-11-03 .
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